Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham: Eberechi Eze scores hat-trick as Gunners win north London derby to go six factors clear

Eberechi Eze scored a sensational hat-trick as Arsenal moved six factors clear on the prime of the Premier League with a 4-1 thrashing of north London rivals Spurs on the Emirates Stadium.

Eze, who got here near becoming a member of Spurs earlier than his transfer to Arsenal in August, confirmed them what they missed out on as he produced three excellent finishes after Leandro Trossard’s opener in a masterful efficiency in his first north London derby.

Spurs briefly threatened an unlikely comeback when Richarlison beat David Raya with an audacious lob from 35 yards out, however Arsenal had been already three up at that time and Eze’s hat-trick objective, curled brilliantly past Guglielmo Vicario, killed the sport.

Richarlison’s objective was certainly one of solely three pictures by Spurs, who switched to a again 5 however couldn’t resist Arsenal’s dominance, with Eze guiding his first objective into the underside nook following good footwork after Mikel Merino had picked out Trossard for the opener.

Thomas Frank reverted to a again 4 at half-time, throwing on Xavi Simons for Kevin Danso, however Eze struck his second simply 35 seconds after the restart, once more selecting out the nook in chic fashion.

His hat-trick objective, following Richarlison’s extraordinary strike for Spurs, was the decide of the three, making him solely the fourth Arsenal participant in historical past to attain a treble in opposition to Spurs and making it 4 consecutive wins within the fixture for the Gunners.

With Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool having suffered defeats to Newcastle and Nottingham Forest on Saturday, Mikel Arteta’s facet open up a six-point hole on second-placed Chelsea, who they face reside on Sky Sports activities at Stamford Bridge subsequent Sunday.

The consequence emphatically ends Spurs’ unbeaten begin in Premier League away video games beneath Frank, leaving them ninth as the pinnacle coach faces extra questions on their lack of attacking menace.

Their complete of simply 0.07 anticipated objectives in opposition to Arsenal was the bottom by any facet in a Premier League sport this season.

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Eze: I prayed for my hat-trick

Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze talking with Sky Sports activities:

“That was a good one. Enjoyable day. Happy to help the team and get the win.

“It is particular. It is what I prayed for. I prayed for my hat-trick and I obtained it.

“All my family are here which makes it more special to do it in front of them.”

On probably being a Tottenham participant had the summer time labored out otherwise.

“Let’s not talk about that.”

Frank: We are able to solely apologise to our followers

Tottenham boss Thomas Frank to Sky Sports activities:

“It’s extremely painful. It was a bad performance and completely opposite to what the intention was before we came here. We can only apologise to the fans for this performance.

“Irrespective of if the crew went to play a bit brief, they obtained on prime of that and we could not get out.

“They were stronger in the duels and we couldn’t get out of those duels. When it went long, with the duels and second balls, we didn’t win enough of those. On the day, a bad performance.”

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